Elad Gil shares his insight into mission critical things that are important to know about from the very beginning of a company’s lifespan.

Elad Gil breaks down the potentially messy situation of co-founder breakups here in his guide.

First Round published an exercise created by Gloria Lin, Co-Founder of Siteline, to help entrepreneurs consider potential co-founders.

Recommended reading from entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors.

Blair Shane, former CMO at Sequoia Capital, has written a great, comprehensive playbook for managers, covering all aspects of managing an individual.

We frequently field questions around how to write investor updates and what should be included. We recommend building a template to use each month for maximum efficiency, as well as setting up a repeatable system.

This milestone worksheet is one of Upside Partnership’s favorite post-seed funding exercises.

At Upside Partnership, we encourage founders to put together a premortem. We introduce the idea during the onboarding session we hold for all new investments.

At Upside Partnership, we share Amazon’s 1997 Letter to Shareholders with all founders during onboarding. We also refer back to the letter often, rereading almost quarterly.

Dan Pupius, Co-Founder and CEO of Range, has a helpful guide to avoid micromanagement.